Oaklands

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 17° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:22

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

6US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

21 reported · July 2026▲ 110% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Other crime2
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Welwyn Hatfield North · Hertfordshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

200 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 281 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

113 food businesses within 2 miles

• 98 rated 4–5 ★ (86 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Welwyn North (2.0 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£422,616 average▲ 7.8% YoY

Across North Hertfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,429 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,020
• 2 bed £1,279
• 3 bed £1,569

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Asda (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (6.3 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

63 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: The Chequers Inn (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools25
• Sports pitches20
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

133,210 residents in North Hertfordshire · 355/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 269 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,449 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 60,040)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

69 schools · 19,871 pupils

53 primary · 6 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 26 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

65inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Hertfordshire

1,172 CQC-registered services

• Care homes257
• GP practices170
• Dentists295
• Homecare agencies329
• Hospitals & hospices34

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 70 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

255 applications decided

88.6% granted · 226 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Andrew Lewin

Labour

Welwyn Hatfield

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 23
• Con 7
• LD 20
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,995 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

429 jobs advertised · £46,679 avg

e.g. Mobile Vehicle Technician, Staff Nurse - Ward, Delivery Driver - Luton

Source: Adzuna

£983 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,048 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 66,549 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Nuclear 24% · Solar 23% · Biomass 6%

171 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Welwyn Hatfield:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s419 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership378 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test361 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office306 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership215 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Oaklands, Hertfordshire · 0.1 km

  Oaklands is a hamlet in the civil parish of Welwyn, in Hertfordshire, England. It is in the Haldens Ward of the Borough of Welwyn Hatfield. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 8077.

• Broadway Malyan · 0.7 km

  Broadway Malyan is a global architecture, urbanism and design practice. It was established in 1958 by architects Cyril Broadway and John Malyan.

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  Mardley Heath · 0.9 km

  Mardley Heath is a 41.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Welwyn in Hertfordshire. It is owned by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and managed by the council together with the Friends of Mardley Heath.

• Welwyn Tunnel rail crash · 0.9 km

  The Welwyn Tunnel rail crash took place in Welwyn North Tunnel, north of Welwyn station on the Great Northern Railway, on 9 June 1866. According to L T C Rolt, "from the point of view of damage to engines and rolling…

• Lockleys Roman Villa · 1.4 km

  Lockleys Roman Villa is a ruined Roman villa on the Lockleys estate near Welwyn, Hertfordshire. The site was excavated in 1937. This is one of two known villas near Welwyn, the other being Dicket Mead.

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  Woolmer Green · 1.5 km

  Woolmer Green is a small village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The 2011 census figure for the population is 661 people.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)